This thirty minute award winning film is
a tribute to the 18 million men, women and children who made the journey from
their homelands the the United States. It traces their journey from their home
countries, across the Atlantic and their arrival at Ellis Island where they were
processed and allowed entry into the United States.

This poignant story
shares how these people gave up everything, their homeland, friends, family and
everything they were familiar with nothing more than they could carry so that
they could start their life anew.

It highlights the struggles these people
undertook to reach America so that they could have the hope offered by the American
dream - endless opportunity and freedom from the tyrannies that often existed
in their homelands.

The film will touch you with its heartfelt moving story
- especially if you are a descendant of one of these brave immigrants who gave
up everything to start a new life in the United States.

Island of Hope,
Island of Tears was well received by film critics; garnering the following prestigious
awards: